Agendas, reports and minutes

A meeting of the Community Planning Board will take place in the Culduthel Christian Centre, 5 Culduthel Avenue, Inverness on Friday 28 February 2020 at 10.00 am.

As a Community Planning Partner, you are invited to attend the Board meeting and the business to be considered is noted below.

Business

1.    Apologies for Absence

2.    Minutes of Meetings

The following Minutes are circulated for noting or approval as appropriate:

i.    Community Planning Board – 18 December 2019 (for approval);
ii.    Chief Officers Group – 23 January 2019 (for approval); and
iii.    Community Justice Partnership – 19 September 2019 (for noting).

3.    Developing Community Partnerships – Updates from Chairs

There are circulated updates from Community Partnership Chairs as follows:

a.    Caithness (Eann Sinclair, HIE)
b.    Sutherland (Jamie Wilson, Police Scotland)
c.    East Ross (Alex McKinley, SFRS)
d.    Mid Ross (Philip Macrae, NHS Highland) (no update available at the time of publication)
e.    Skye, Lochalsh and West Ross (Robert Muir, HIE) (no update available at the time of publication)
f.    Lochaber (no update available at this stage – however, Derek Wilson, SFRS, has now been appointed as Chair)
g.    Nairn (Ian Graham, Police Scotland)
h.    Badenoch and Strathspey (James Brander, NHSH)
i.    Inverness (Graham Ross, Highland Council)

The Board is asked to consider the updates and any risks and issues raised.

4.    Highland Aspiring Communities Project: Project Report

There is circulated a report on the outcomes of the Highland Aspiring Communities Project.

The Board is asked to consider the report and what actions could be implemented to mitigate the loss of the Community Engagement Officers.

5.    Community Planning Partnership Development Update

There is circulated Report No CPB/01/20 on behalf of the Community Planning Partnership Development Subgroup.

The Board is asked to:

i.    note the updated Terms of Reference at Appendix 1 of the report;
ii.    note the developments to explore interest in the position of Independent Chair for the Partnership;
iii.    note the initial work of the Partnership Co-ordinating Group and that, from June 2020, reports on performance will be made to the CPP Board;
iv.    consider and agree the Risk Register set out at Appendices 2A and 2B of the report;
v.    consider and agree the proposal for Community Engagement training and that the costs for this will be met through the money identified by partners for partnership activity including the small grants budget; and
vi.    note the arrangements for the small grants budget which will commence from April 2020, and that updates on outcomes will be presented to the Board.

6.    Highland Armed Forces and Veterans’ Community Coventant Partnership    

There is circulated Report No CPB/02/20 by Dot Ferguson, Senior Ward Manager, Highland Council.

The Board is asked to:

i.    consider the report and welcome the actions set out in Priority 2 of the Action Plan (Appendix 3 of Appendix B: Armed Forces Covenant Project Highland and Moray – End of Project Report)
ii.    consider how stronger links might be made with the Highland Armed Forces community at a strategic level; and
iii.    agree that, if they have not already done so, individual partner organisations consider signing their own commitment with The Defence Employer Recognition Scheme which encourages employers to support defence and inspire others to do the same.

7.    Highland Culture Strategic Board

The Highland Culture Strategic Board (HCSB) is part of the overall Highland Community Planning Partnership.  The Board is responsible for developing a joint strategic approach to cultural development in the Highlands.  A review of the HCSB was undertaken in 2018 and a new direction agreed at a meeting of the Board in May 2019.  This included agreement to create an officer Working Group which would take an operational approach to cultural development, including developing proposals to utilise the remaining Place Partnership funding of £147,357.  The Working Group would work with the wider cultural sector to take this forward.  High Life Highland would facilitate this on behalf of the Partnership.
 
The Board has not met since May 2019 and, as the parent body, the Community Planning Board is therefore asked to agree the minutes of the May meeting, as circulated, to enable the officer Working Group to move forward to:

•    take action to develop an approach to the remaining Place Partnership fund;
•    undertake scoping work to understand the wider cultural landscape;
•    develop a supported regional network; and
•    consider potential themes/areas for development by the Partnership.  

8.    Date of Next Meeting

The date of the next meeting will be confirmed at the meeting.